Manor Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Pair of houses. 2 related planning applications.
Manor Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- frozen-frieze-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- Manor Farm Cottages, 1 and 2, High Street, Podington, NN29 7HP
- OS grid reference
- SP 942 627
- Coordinates
- 52.25469, -0.62004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farm Cottages is a pair of 18th-century houses located on the southeast side of High Street in Podington. They are constructed from coursed limestone rubble and feature a thatched roof. The cottages are one storey high with attics. The northwest elevation includes three eyebrow dormers and four ground floor casement windows, three of which have glazing bars.
Local climate
Manor Farm Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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